The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-03-11

Yours, with respect.
s AS have not snch great abundance
o! time In which 20 DO this kind OF cor
Iespondence. take the liberty Of wri-
: ting a reply to your esteemed favor and
pri ntiDg it where 1t will meet the eye
Of many persons. no doubt, who may
contemplate addressing me on the same
subject.
{ OF the South generally know very
/ little from personal observation, but you
! will find throughout the South, wherever
have been, a general tendency toward
warmer weather than you obtain In the
North.
North Carolina, as you are no doubt
aware, is generally mountainous in its
geographical department, and on the
map which / perused as q student, the
State was Of dark blue color. Great
ly to my surprise, however, on arriving
here souRd North Carolina to be red.
The soil such as it is, has the
same roseate hue Of the adult brick OF
/ commerce, and continues in that condi-
tion constantly.
The farms generally are not large In
size, and are divided into three classes,
viz: the Manssrd farm, the Gothic
! farm and the DoTmeI farm. A good
Gothic farm, near town, will bring from
! s25 to 500 per acre, including large wall
( pockets to hold farming implements at
night, so that they will not drop out OF
the Go:hic farm into the Dormer farm
( below.
/ do not say that these mountain farms
are steep. simply state that the water
readily runs of when applied to them.
Tobacco is the great staple here. Il
Is mostly of the smoking variety, though
sn the bottom lands a very dwarf plug
tobacco grows easily, and during long
season planters may readily grow the
large tropical plug tobacco.
It is rare sight to pass along the
/ country road and see the navy plug to-
bsceo OF North Carolina rising to its
fell height in the glorious autumn sun,
/ while through its waving bOuEhs, the
brown OF sesl-bTOwn plug Tobacco Of
trade, with its glittering little lin tag
near the stem, may be readily distinE-
/ uished.
! Fine cut tobacco also grows here to
| a very great height. Every thing that
/ goes to make life worth living may
be found in she widest profusion.
/ Whiskey is 50 plenty here that intern
per snee is not mark Of distinction.
Corn whiskey, whether made beneath
/ the broad glare Of the noonday sun or by
the moonlight process, is within reach Of
all 1t is so plenty that 1 do not care
/ for it, and 1 know that an Iowa man
could put in a winter here that would be
memorable throughout his life.
You ask about the matter Of health,
and am plesed TO state that there has
not been a circular printed or sent out
from here during the past ten yssrs that
did not state in the most emphatic terms
that this is a very healthy esuntry.-
People who had enjoyed good health
/ while here have gone North in several
instances only to return in 3 deceased
/ condition from drowning or some other
miasmstic influence.
When first came here was dissstis-
Fed. yearred foT something did not
End. 1t was not scenery oE7climste, for
each of these was 8 common Occurrences,
bat l soon got acquainted, and in less
than two weeks 1 bad been addressed
two times rs Colonel" 1 now enjoy
the South very much.
Fruits Of all kinds grow here and are
used almost exclusively. The apple, the
peach, the Hubbard squash, the grape,
the octorooD, the quincs, the pecan, the
persimmon, and the opossum grow here.
Figs do not mature in this latitude.
The water is very good for drinking
purposes, and 1 have already heard it
highly spoken Of.
The weather is sometimes variable
and ther again for little while It viii
be very uniform. One day you will sea
me playing lawn tennis IN 3 isunty suit
OF flannel, which shows to great sdyaD-
tage my easy movements and besving
chest, and on the following day you
may find me coiled around a red-hot
stove, waiting till the clouds roll by.
This is q great country for lung dis
eases. People with fractional lungs
come here from every quarter of the
globe. There are so many people here
with lung diseases that a man who is
simply bald headed does not at once OBJ
tain recognition.
But il Is said to be good for lung
troubles, and many people who came
here years ago to die, have been reprieT-
ed and relieYed. There is no question
about that. But you will find that the
houses built here for rent or sale are
made to admit the bulk Of Gods free
air and no questions asked. If you
want to see robust climate come In
under the floor and lash the carpet into
angry biAows a foot high, come here